CELEBRATING THE CONNIE PART 2
THE LOCKHEED CONSTELLATION served admirably as the C-69 in World War II. Both Trans World Airlines and Pan American World Airways received demobbed versions in October 1945. Connie Finds Peacetime … Continue reading
CELEBRATING THE CONNIE PART 1
IN AVIATION DESIGN, form must follow function. And has there ever been a more aesthetically pleasing airliner than the Lockheed Constellation? Here’s a collection of Connie tidbits, gleaned from Airliners … Continue reading
DOLLY SHEPHERD—A LIFE WELL SOARED PART 2
YESTERDAY here at SimanaitisSays, Dolly Shepherd got her show business start having a blindfolded Samuel F. Cody shoot an egg off her head. Cody was also a pioneer aviator, he … Continue reading
DOLLY SHEPHERD—A LIFE WELL SOARED PART 1
I RECENTLY ENJOYED another encounter with Miss Dolly Shepherd, pioneer parachutist and fairground entertainer in the Edwardian era. Our first meeting was in “I ♥ Aviatrices,” here in the SimanaitisSays … Continue reading
BOOSTING FLIGHT—WITH FLAPPERS AND MORE PART 2
YESTERDAY AT SimanaitisSays, Aeromarine Airways established international service between Key West and Havana with converted World War I flying boats. Today, the airline expands in particularly novel ways. Mr. Uppercu … Continue reading
BOOSTING FLIGHT—WITH FLAPPERS AND MORE PART 1
AEROMARINE AIRWAYS RECOGNIZED early on the marketing potential of aeroplanes. In 1920, Aeromarine inaugurated an international flight schedule, among the world’s first for heavier-than-air craft. (Dutch KLM beat it only … Continue reading
GREMLIN TIDBITS PART 2
TODAY’S TIDBIT COLLECTION traces back to Roald Dahl’s book about gremlins described two days ago at SimanaitisSays, continued yesterday with ”Gremlin Tidbits Part 1.” Actually, though, all this began a … Continue reading
THE GREMLINS—THE LOST DISNEY (AND DAHL) PRODUCTION
ROALD DAHL WAS an author of children’s books, a screenwriter, a short story writer—and a fighter pilot. That is, this British author of James and the Peach and Matilda, screenplay … Continue reading
UP, DOWN, AND AROUND WITH FÉLIX NADAR PART 2
YESTERDAY, FRENCH pioneer photographer Félix Nadar explored the depths of the catacombs of Paris. Today in Part 2, he soars high above the city, still with camera in hand. My … Continue reading
SIKORSKY CHICKSAW = WESTLAND WHIRLWIND?
I’VE BEEN RIGHT UP next to a Sikorsky Chicksaw helicopter, admittedly a stripped example in residence at Musée d’Art Populaire Chez Manual. This fabulously eclectic collection is just north of … Continue reading
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